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# Senior Backend Software Engineer

- **Company:** Fleetworks, Inc.
- **Location:** San Francisco, CA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Software Debugging, Node.Js, Software Engineering, Systems Integration, TypeScript, Backend, Restful APIs
- **Published:** August 12, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=307738aac4962742

## About the Role

* 3-6+ years of professional software engineering experience, with clear ownership of complex, production-critical systems.
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Strong command of TypeScript, Node.js, and REST API design, including debugging and integrating with external systems.
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Hands-on experience with AI-driven systems, including tuning agent behavior, refining prompts, and shaping workflow logic based on customer feedback.
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Exceptional communication and judgment, especially when balancing speed, reliability, and real-world constraints.
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Based in Chicago with willingness to travel 20-30% to customer sites.

## Description

* Lead technical delivery for customer implementations, integrations, and workflow builds; owning projects from scoping through production rollout.
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Architect and build workflows that encode real customer processes, integrating directly with their systems and adapting to operational edge cases you uncover in the field.
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Develop core platform components and integration tooling that standardize common patterns, reduce one-off work, and help the team scale customer deployments efficiently.
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Navigate complex environments, fragmented data, and real-world constraints, and design solutions that work in practice, not just on paper.
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Provide field insight to product and engineering, shaping the roadmap with firsthand customer understanding.
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Travel 20-30% to customer locations and work in-person from our Chicago office.


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